B&M 81111 AUTOMATIC SHIFTER, STEALTH PRO BANDIT MAGNUM WITHOUT ACCESSORIES - Manual (Page 3)

stalled. Before you proceed with mock-
ing up the B&M Magnum Grip Pro
Bandit Shifter in your vehicle, tempo-
rarily reinstall the side cover with the
center screw only. This is to insure that
the gate plate and the mechanism do
not move from the inside of the shifter
body when you are positioning it in
your vehicle. You are now ready to
locate your B&M Magnum Grip Pro
Bandit Shifter in your vehicle.
If for any reason the internal shifter
mechanism becomes pulled off or
away from the shifter body, make
sure to check the spring loaded
detent lever at the front of the
mechanism. The best way to do this
is to move the stick all the way back
to the Low gear position. This will
clear the neutral safety switch de-
tents away from the actuator on the
neutral safety switch. If they are
aligned improperly you can easily
break the switch. Apply light down-
ward pressure to the black shift
pattern gate plate while using
needle nose pliers to rotate the
spring loaded detent lever to the
left. You will feel the detent locate
itself back into position (See Photo
#8).
INSTALLING THE B&M MAGNUM
GRIP PRO BANDIT SHIFTER INTO
YOUR VEHICLE
STEP 10. With the driver sitting in the
vehicle, find the best location that al-
lows the driver full range of motion to
easily work the shifter through the en-
tire shift pattern, Park to Low gear.
(Read the section on HOW TO OP-
ERATE YOUR B&M MAGNUM GRIP
PRO BANDIT SHIFTER). The two slot-
ted holes at the bottom of the shifter
body are designed for mounting tabs
access from the chassis. The chassis'
tabs should slip up inside the slotted
holes. Because the B&M Magnum
Grip Pro Bandit Shifter has flush
mount hardware and bottom entry
mounting, it is possible to tuck it inside
the frame tubes and out of the driver's
leg and arm areas without worry of the
mounting hardware rubbing the inside
of the body panels. (Figure #3 shows
the recommended tab dimensions along
with a sample drawing of the standard
chassis' tabs position). Be sure when
choosing your shifter mounting lo-
cation you route the shifter cable
where it can be easily looped
through the vehicle without bind-
ing or kinking. Most importantly, it
is critical not to crush, bind or kink
the shifter cable as it exits the rear
of the shifter body. Poor cable rout-
ing will result in improper shifter
operation and potential cable dam-
age.
STEP 11. The B&M Magnum Grip
Pro Bandit Shifter is designed to
bring the cable to the transmission
from the front of the transmission using
the engine mid-plate as the shifter cable bulk head anchor. The #80323
quick disconnect cable extension (in-
cluded in #81045 KIT), will complete
the shifter cable connection to the
transmission’s selector lever. We rec-
ommend the B&M Powerglide Pro
Lever #70465 (included in #81045 KIT).
If your transmission has a different
selector lever, it must have the cable
attachment hole at 2" from the centerline
of the selector shaft. If your vehicle
does not have a full engine mid-plate,
then you will have to fabricate a strong
cable anchor bracket to work in your
application. (Figure #2 provides op-
timum cable position). Dimensions
are critical when making your cable
Photo #4
Photo #5
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